As many as 896 forest security officers and fire-fighting paratroopers, 139 units of fire trucks and 11 aircrafts were involved in fire-fighting.
On Tuesday morning, 60 fires were reported in six regions of the district, the forestry department in the Siberian Federal District said on Tuesday.
The Republic of Tyva (2.4 thousand hectares) and the Republic of Buryatia (0.5 thousand hectares) are affected by fires more than other regions.
Eleven forest fires have been put out on an area of 214.5 hectares in the forests of the Siberian Federal District over the past day.
As many as 896 forest security officers and fire-fighting paratroopers, 139 units of fire trucks and 11 aircrafts were involved in fire-fighting.
Careless handling with fire by local residents and thunderstorms mainly caused the fires.
From the start of the fire-prone season 7,590 forest fires have been reported on an area of 1,685 million hectares in Siberia.
Source: ITAR-TASS
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